De verkiezing voor de Engadget Awards voor 2005 zit er op. De lezers van de populaire site waren unaniem: “Gadget of the Year” is de Apple iPod (5g), Engadget zelf koos de Microsoft Xbox 360 wat volgens mij een meer terechte keus was geweest voor 2005.
Als slechtste “Gadget of the Year” kozen de lezers de Motorola ROKR E1, nb. de eerste telefoon met iTunes. Met enig gevoel voor humor was de keuze van Engadget: Gizmondo, die andere populaire site over Gadgets. Wij doen het zelf maar met MobileCowboys ;-).
De volledige lijst van de Engadget Awards :
Gadget of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple iPod (5g) Engadget Pick: Microsoft Xbox 360
Merger of the Year Readers’ Choice: eBay and Skype Engadget Pick: Sprint and Nextel
Worst Gadget of the Year Readers’ Choice: Motorola ROKR E1 Engadget Pick: Gizmondo
Weird Gadget of the Year Readers’ Choice: Solid Alliance USB Spaghetti Engadget Pick: Solid Alliance USB Spaghetti
Disappointment of the Year Readers’ Choice: Motorola ROKR E1 Engadget Pick: Creative Zen Vision
Most Anticipated Gadget of 2006 Readers’ Choice: Sony PlayStation 3 Engadget Pick: Sony PlayStation 3
Cellphone of the Year Readers’ Choice: Motorola V3c Engadget Pick: Sony Erisson w800
Smartphone of the Year Readers’ Choice: Palm Treo 650 (GSM) Engadget Pick: HTC Universal
Desktop of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple Power Mac G5 (quad) Engadget Pick: Sony RC Series
Digital Camera of the Year Readers’ Choice: Canon EOS 5D Engadget Pick: Canon EOS 5D
Display of the Year Readers’ Choice: Dell 2405fpw Engadget Pick: Dell 2405fpw
Game Console of the Year Readers’ Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Engadget Pick: Microsoft Xbox 360
GPS Device or Application of the Year Readers’ Choice: Google Earth Engadget Pick: TomTom Go 700
Handheld of the Year Readers’ Choice: Nokia 770 Engadget Pick: Nokia 770
HDTV of the Year Readers’ Choice: Sony KDS-R60XBR1 Engadget Pick: Toshiba SED 50-inch
Home Entertainment Device of the Year Readers’ Choice: Slingmedia Slingbox Engadget Pick: Slingmedia Slingbox
Household Device of the Year Readers’ Choice: iRobot Scooba Engadget Pick: iRobot Scooba
Laptop of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple PowerBook (15-inch) Engadget Pick: IBM Thinkpad Z
Media PC of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple iMac G5 with Front Row Engadget Pick: Niveus Media K2
Peripheral of the Year Readers’ Choice: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3100 Engadget Pick: IPEVO free-1 USB phone
Portable Audio Device of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple iPod Nano Engadget Pick: iRiver U10
Portable Video Device of the Year Readers’ Choice: Apple iPod (5g) Engadget Pick: Cowon A2
Robot of the Year Readers’ Choice: Honda Asimo Engadget Pick: Stanford’s VW Touareg “Stanley”
Tablet PC of the Year Readers’ Choice: Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Engadget Pick: Lenovo Thinkpad X41
Wearable Device of the Year Readers’ Choice: Fossil Atari watch Engadget Pick: Seiko Spectrum e-ink watch
Wireless Technology of the Year Readers’ Choice: 802.11n Engadget Pick: 802.11n
